Departure Meaning
/dɪˈpɑː(ɹ)tjə(ɹ)/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe act of departing or something that has departed.
nounA deviation from a plan or procedure.
Sentence Examples
There is nothing for it but to put off our departure.
We were compelled to put off our departure.
His sudden departure threw the office into chaos.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The sudden ____ of their star player left the team in complete disarray.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
There is nothing for it but to put off our ____.
Word Origin & History
From Old French deporteure (“departure; figuratively, death”). By surface analysis, depart + -ure.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The departure was not unduly prolonged. In the road Mr. Love and the driver favoured the company with a brief chanty running: “Got it?—No, I ain't, 'old on,—Got it? Got it?—No, 'old on sir.”"
— 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 5, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:
"But the outstanding feature of the new timetable arrangement, additional to the standardised departure times, is the number of intermediate points, in addition to such principal cities as Bristol, Plymouth, Cardiff and Birmingham, that now have departures for Paddington at the same minutes past the hour throughout the day."
— 1961 October, “The winter timetables of British Railways: Western Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 590:
"Villa spent most of the second period probing from wide areas and had a succession of corners but despite their profligacy they will be glad to overturn the 6-0 hammering they suffered at St James' Park in August following former boss Martin O'Neill's departure."
— 2011 April 10, Alistair Magowan, “Aston Villa 1-0 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport:
"any departure from a national standard"
— 1855–1858, William H[ickling] Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Boston, Mass.: Phillips, Sampson, and Company, →OCLC:
"The time of my departure is at hand."
— 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Timothy 4:6:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The sudden ____ of their star player left the team in complete disarray.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
There is nothing for it but to put off our ____.